eperwhh - Renfigs

INSTRUCTIONS: Next to one of the names in the "Who" column, put your name to indicate that you'd like to research and present on that person. For that person you are responsible to research and write a blog post (w/ hyperlinked citations to CREDIBLE sources) answering the following question and the be prepared to present that information to the class:
"How does "X" reflect the key values of the Italian Renaissance"

Key Figures – Italian Renaissance

Who	What	When (century and broader historical context)	Where	Why Significant
Gian Galeazzo Visconti - Harrison	Visconti was the Duke of Milan.	(1351-1402) This was a time when the Renaissance was just beginning to spread. He was the Duke of Milan from 1395-1402.	He started out in Northern Italy while ruling his Milanese territories, and he eventually conquered most of Italy.	He constructed the powerful kingdom of Milan, and he also set forth a set of law codes promoting advanced health care and a stable bureaucracy. He also established the Certosa di Pavia and other buildings.
Cosimo de’ Medici - Dane
Piero Medici and Lorenzo “the Magnificent”
Baldassare Castiglione-Thomas	Castiglione was a courtier, author, and diplomat. He wrote the Book of Courtier.	In the 16th century. He during the Age of Discovery, which lied at the heart of the Renaissance.	Mantua. A city in nothern Italy. Then he moved to Rome.	Castiglione is significant because of his writings on the nature of Court. These writings change how the courtship and the actions of men/women all across Europe, and how they present themselves.
Francesco Sforza- Brittany	Francesco was a military leader, as well as the Duke of Milan. He also founded Ospedale Maggiore.	In the 15th century(1401-1466). Living in Milan, Italy as the Duke, his court was the center of Renaissance.	Milan, Italy and serving in both Florence and Venice(1436-1439).	Francesco Sforza is significant because he was an important leader in Milan, finding an efficient tax system. He nurtured art and culture in Milan, allowing the change of the Renaissance to take hold of Milan. Francesco also allied with Cosimo de' Medici to form the Peace of Lodi and the Italian League. His followers were very happy.
Giovanni Boccaccio - Peter B.	Boccaccio (1313-1375) was a humanist author. He wrote Decameron.	Boccaccio lived during the 14th century as the European world was recovering from the plague. He lived during the birth of humanism and the Renaissance.	Florence, Italy. He was born in Paris and studied law in Naples, but he spent his literature career in Florence with Petrarch.	Boccaccio was one of the fathers of humanism. He and Petrarch worked together, using ancient Greek and Latin texts, to create what is now referred to as humanism. Boccaccio's book, Decameron, was his most famous and most influential in this field.
Petrarch-Emily	Petrarch was a Poet. He authored Sonnets for his lover Laura.	In the 12th century. Lived during the harsh times of the Black Death.	Carentas. A small city just out side of Avignon. But Petrarch spent most of his writing career in foreign lands.	Petrarch is significant because of his poetry having such a great influence on European writing, that a new style of writing was named after him. He was also know as the Father of Humanism.
Marsilio Ficino- Amy	Ficino was a humanist philosopher who authored works such as The Secular is Sacred and De Vita Libri Tres (Three Books on Life)	Ficino was known as "the reviver of Neoplatonism" during his life in the 15th century.	Florence, Italy. Ficino translated works by Plato for Cosimo de'Medici, ruler of Florence.	Ficino brought out ideas from philosophers such as Plato, Augustine and Thomas Aquinas to form his idea that God is the sole provider of insight for philosophers. He started the Florentine Academy where scholars met and discussed Plato's philosophy.

Pico della Mirandola - Mariano Aufiero	Pico was a neo-platonic and humanist philosopher, authoring Oration on the Dignity of Man	15th century at the heart of the Renaissance	Born in the north of Italy in the small town of Mirandola, he later moved to Bologna, Padua, and Paris to study. He later moved back to Italy, to Florence where he wrote most of his work.	He was instrumental in popularizing thinking that was not strictly in keeping with Christian teachings. He even managed to reconcile some of platonic and humanist ideas with some central Christian beliefs.
Lorenzo Valla
Leon Battista Alberti - Kevin Murphy	Called the "universal man" of the Rennaissance for his advancements in writing, architecture, art, and philosophy.	15th Century (1404-1472) during the middle of the Rennaissance	Born in Genoa. Then his family moved to Venice, but Battista attented a bording school in Padua. Finished his studies at the University of Bologna in 1428.	In addition to his other studies, Alberti was a very accomplished architect. He revived the architecture that we saw in ancient Rome, and set the precedent for modern architecture.
Niccolo Machiavelli - Thanasis
Michelangelo Buonarroti - Audrey	Michelangelo was an artist. He was a painter, a sculptor, an architect, and a poet during his lifetime.	Michelangelo was born on March 6, 1475 and died on February 18, 1564. He lived during the period of the Renaissance and helped create our perception of "the Renaissance" through his art.	Michelangelo was born in Caprese (a territory of Florence), spent most of his life in what we consider Italy (especially Florence and Rome), and died in Rome.	Michelangelo is significant to the Renaissance because of his new outlook on the painting and sculpting of people. His paintings and sculptures showed good proportions and perspective to make the people look real, in turn, creating the importance of realism.
Filipo Brunelleschi - Allison	Brunelleschi was a goldsmith, inventor, architect, and engineer.	Born in 1377 and died in 1446.	Born in Florence and lived there until his late 20s. He then moved to Rome and lived there for 10 years, after which he moved back to Florence.	Developed new engineering techniques to build a dome on a cathedral, invented linear perspective.